August 15, 7533
On Meatfare Saturday: A Homily of John Chrysostom, That One Should Not Mourn for the Dead Always, brethren, keep the day of death in your memory. Many who were with us yesterday are now no longer among us: some have departed to God, while others are ill and hastening toward death. Yet there is much…
On this day, the Holy Church, continuing to prepare us for the cleansing struggle of the Fast, offers a new moral lesson from the Gospel parables of Christ. Let us recount the content of the parable. A certain man had two sons. One day, the younger of them said to his father, “Give me the portion…
Dear brothers and sisters! The days of Great Lent—the Forty Days—are approaching, a time when every Christian must strive to offer repentance to God. We are all sinners, and our path to salvation lies through repentance, which will return us to our Father’s house—the Kingdom of Heaven. In recognizing ourselves as sinners, we must not…
A Teaching on the Sunday When the Gospel Parable of the Prodigal Son Is Read Behold, beloved, the days of the honorable, holy, and great fast are approaching, and for this reason, the Gospel speaks to us of repentance. Hear this parable: The Lord said: “A certain man had two sons” (Luke 15:11). Who is this man?—The…
THE BOOK CALLED “GOLDEN-MOUTHED,” In which every subtle teaching of the Divine Scripture is interpreted by Saint John Chrysostom, the Great, and by other holy fathers. HOMILY 1 On the Sunday when the Gospel parable of the Publican and the Pharisee is read, interpreted by Saint John Chrysostom, the Great. Come, therefore, brethren, and listen…
(To the Monk Olympius) This composition, though in form bearing the appearance of a letter according to its heading, exceeds the limits of a letter by its length and takes the shape of a long written narrative. Yet the subject about which you commanded me to write justifies this—being far broader than the scope allowed…
The great saint of God, Nikola, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, has been glorified by mighty miracles and acts of kindness, which he performed during his earthly life and continues to perform after his repose. He heals the sick, drives out demons, frees captives, grants sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf, delivers…
The name of this venerable one, translated from the Greek, means “given by God.” And indeed, he proved to be a God-given shepherd for thousands of Christians who fled persecution beyond the borders of Russia into Polish territory, where a large settlement of Russian Old Orthodox believers arose in the town of Vetka. At the…
This ever-memorable sufferer came from the lands of Nizhny Novgorod and was a disciple and spiritual son of the holy archpriest Avvakum, who wrote of him in his Life: “Good was dear little Afonasyushko, my spiritual son, in monasticism Avraamy, whom the apostates in Moscow baked in fire, and he was offered like sweet bread unto…
During the years of persecution against the Old Orthodox Christians, a considerable number of priests who had not renounced their faith abandoned their homes and churches, where worship according to the old books had become impossible. They fled to remote, deserted places beyond the reach of Moscow authorities, founding new Christian settlements or settling in…